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Question: Do you believe in reincarnation ? being reborn in this world again and again?
Choices: "Yes, Definitely" "Yes, Probably" "No, Probably Not" "No, Definitely Not"
Data: % of "Yes, Definitely" "Yes, Probably"
Period:
Area:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Turkiye91.1%
2 Israel58.2%
3 Japan56.4%
4 Chile47.4%
5 Mexico47.2%
6 Austria 37.5%
7 Latvia36.9%
8 Portugal36.2%
9 United States33.1%
10 Ireland32.3%
11 Switzerland30.8%
12 Slovenia30.3%
13 New Zealand28.9%
14 Italy27.7%
15 Republic of Korea27.6%
16 Netherlands26.2%
17 Hungary26.0%
18 United Kingdom24.9%
19 Australia24.6%
20 Poland22.7%
21 Spain22.3%
22 Germany21.8%
22 Slovakia21.8%
24 Sweden20.8%
25 Finland20.5%
25 France20.5%
27 Denmark19.7%
28 Norway18.0%
29 Czech Republic16.4%
30 Belgium13.7%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. Italy: unweighted sum of 2008 and 2010 surveys. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 8 countries.

Source
ISSP 2008

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -1.983045 X +7.310
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.549
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.301

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -50431.820428 X +60637.153
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.309
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.095

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -5.287610 X +81.826
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.228
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.052

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 0.716200 X +1.378
Correlation coefficient (r)0.329
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.108

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -8.951494 X +12.725
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.366
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.134